| Name: | BUFFON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/05/1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 240 |
| Dimensions: | 2304grt, 1459nrt, 302.0 x 37.3 x 24.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 66 x 48ins), 251nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 87846 |
| History: | |
| 1883 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co Ltd (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool |
| 1908 | Cia Commercio e Navegacao, Rio de Janeiro; renamed TIJUCA |
| 20/05/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/05/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB36 about 15 miles |
| SW of Ouessant on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Le Havre. |